Signature Event Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell Thursday, July 9, 2020 6:30pm In a discussion of his new, carefully researched book Tombstone, best-selling author Tom Clavin revisits Tu... Read More
Signature Event Midwestern Strange Thursday, June 18, 2020 6:30pm The West Coast celebrates Bigfoot and the East Coast has Champy, the purported lake monster claimed by both New York and Vermont. But Wisconsi... Read More
Signature Event Barbara Bush: Pearls of Wisdom Tuesday, April 21, 2020 6:30pm Online Family members and other close associates share what they learned from late first lady Barbara Bush in the newly released Pearls of Wisdom... Read More
Signature Event What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues Thursday, April 16, 2020 6:30pm In an online discussion of his new book,What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues, author Cliffor... Read More
Signature Event Driving While Black Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm Central Library In Person Perhaps no one took more meaning from the advent of the automobile—and its promise of freedom and adventure, power and self-expression—than African... Read More
Signature Event Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College and an authority on racial issues in the U.S., looks anew at the challe... Read More
Signature Event Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl Thursday, February 20, 2020 6:30pm Central Library In Person In a discussion of her new book, Towson University’s Jeannie Vanasco walks through her lingering trauma, feelings of betrayal, and... Read More
Signature Event Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person In a discussion of her memoir Smacked, former New York Times business columnist Eilene Zimmerman... Read More
Signature Event When My Time Comes Tuesday, February 18, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Arguments in the divisive right-to-die debate range from legal to spiritual, ethical, and social. Longtime public radio host and podcaster... Read More
Signature Event What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She Tuesday, February 11, 2020 6:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Merriam-Webster has thrown its considerable weight behind the use of “they” as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun, expanding its dictionary definit... Read More